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ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-3A N17891 Berlin Airport, NH

Status:
Final
Date:
Type:
Douglas DC-3A
Operator:
Registration:
N17891
C/n / msn:
11745
First flight:
1943
Total airframe hrs:
26000
Crew:
Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:
Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Total:
Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7
Airplane damage:
Damaged beyond repair
Location:
21 km (13.1 mls) SE of Berlin Airport, NH (BML) ( United States of America)
Phase:
Approach (APR)
Nature:
Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Flightnumber:
792
Narrative:
Northeast Airlines Flight 792 originated at Boston, Massachusetts, for Berlin, New Hampshire, with stops at Concord and Laconia, New Hampshire.
Departure from Laconia was on schedule at 10:39. The IFR flight proceeded at a cruising altitude of 8000 feet towards Berlin.
At 11:03 the flight called the company station at the Berlin Airport and asked for local weather. The station agent immediately gave the 10:45 observation: Estimated 3, 000 feet overcast; visibility 2-1/2 miles; light snow showers. The agent then made a special weather observation at 11:10 which added scattered clouds at 2, 300 feet to the previous weather information. Airport minimums at Berlin were a 2, 300 ft ceiling and 2 miles visibility. This information was acknowledged by the crew.
Meanwhile the flight was descending to get beneath the overcast for a straight-in approach. The captain was able to recognize visual references on the ground until the moment the flight entered overcast. The airplane impacted the snow-covered southern slope of Mount Success, 100 feet below the top, at an elevation of
3, 440 feet.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "A pre-mature and unauthorized instrument descent to an altitude that did not permit terrain clearance.."

Sources:

» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 47-AN/42 (180-184)

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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Laconia Municipal Airport, NH to Berlin Airport, NH as the crow flies is 112 km (70 miles).

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